lister with an electric start

[dieseldawg]

Hello all:

I have  question or two about a single cylinder lister I have found.  I will have more information shortly, but I do know that it is an original Lister single.  It has an electric start and battery which appear to be original.  Does this sound correct?  Did Lister make a single with an integrated starter at one time?

Thanks!

[Lister Rob]

 

 Sounds like you have a lister startomatic there, nice set up.

[dieseldawg]

cool.  I don't have it yet, but I will put the full court press on it.  I know have the serial number, but the rated hp and rpm is not on the tag (it was left blank?)  How can I learn about the hp by the serial number?  I am no physically on site, but communicating bay email.

[dieseldawg]

Hey Rob....

This Startomatic comes with an electrical start and has an adjustable throttle.  Do you know the rpm range of this setup or someone who does?  How about HP?

[listard-jp2]

Sounds like you have a Lister startomatic there, nice set up.

Wow

Don't get too excited, as this could easily be a more prevalent example of a later air-cooled diesel engine, fitted with a conventional starter motor.

[dieseldawg]

OK I have the serial number

6713571A28-15

I think this means?  

date: 1967
serial 13571
model A28

Does this sound right?

[dieseldawg]

here are some pics now:

http://s1122.photobucket.com/albums/l534/pagelutes/temp%20public/

[millman56]

Dieseldawg, it might be an ST1A and 1978 manufactured if the no has been misread.     Mark.

[dieseldawg]

Thanks Mark

That was the information given to me over email.  I think I can get this for less than $2200.  It is all oriignal and it has less than 50 hrs. 

If it is an ST1, what do you think of it?

[AdeV]

Mark has it right, I think, it's an ST1, the A means it goes backwards (anti-clockwise). It's your basic common-or-garden air-cooled Lister, they probaby made about a billion of them, reliable as something that's very reliable, and plenty of parts available. Starting will be a standard starter motor with ring gear. You'll get 10 horse out of it, but at 2600rpm it'll be anything but quiet & refined...

$2200 is quite excessive for that engine IMHO. One sold here in the UK for less than £500 recently, and that came with a free dumper truck...

[millman56]

Dieseldawg,  as far as I know these were the last of the line before Lister began manufacturing the TS and LT series engines colloquially  known as "flat tops".  The ST engines have a solid reputation over here and parts are readily available but expensive.
Mark.

[dieseldawg]

Mark and Ade:

Thanks for the help in the ID of this engine.  I mis-typed the price, it is a bit less!  not 2200, but 1200!  I did not notice that at first.  I was told that it has a variable throttle; does that mean I can run it at a lower rpm ie 1800?  I want to have something I can run to power the battery bank and credit my meter (net metering).  I live in a cold area so the air cooled shouldn't be an issue and I am going to build an underground (dugout) to house this generator.  Fuel consumption is an issue, but I will be running WMO (filtered and ran through a centrifuge-good enough for the 12v cummins in my truck!) so I am not paying retail for my fuel supply.  If I can stay around 3-4K and stay under 5 gallons of diesel per every 24 hrs, it pencils out real well for us.

[millman56]

Dieseldawg,  I can`t speak for an ST1 but an SR1 powered genset I owned did not like a 50/50 Wmo/kerosene diet, it got hot and bothered, white smoked, added oil to the sump and lost power, the same symptoms apeared on a Ruston 2YWA set, both ran perfectly when refuelled with  diesel.     The SR1 is a very close relative of the ST1 and it will be interesting to learn of your experience using Wmo.  Mark.

[dieseldawg]

I haven't pulled the trigger just yet and if wmo is not going to work....that will be a deal breaker.

[dieseldawg]

So..based on theses posts..is this worth my time/$?